Two months before chapter twenty one. This takes place after a few days after chapter twenty!!
"Do you have a name or can I call you mine?" Jesse had asked in a very flirty voice; a smirk creeping up on his gorgeous face. Arielle took a step back in digust and sighed. "Wha- that was good, right?" he asked as if the wrong answer might offend him. "I hated that but it's 6/10 I guess." Arielle mumbled groggily, too tired to continue.
"No. No. You, my lady. Aren't sleeping just yet! You promised to rate all of my pick up lines!" Jesse had whined just as Arielle eyes closed causing them to flee open again. "Fine..... Let's get this over with." she replied grumpily.
"Okay uhm..... What about this?" Jesse had suggested, coughing to clear his throat as he continued, "Girl, forget about Superman, Batman and Spiderman. I'll be man." Arielle snorted in response and muttered, "A for effort but..... yeah no."
Jesse sighed in response, feeling defeated as Arielle asked, "Why do you even need to do this? You have been acting strange since this morning!" Jesse took a huge breath and responded just at the same time, "I'm Jesse fucking Lee Soffer, elle and I can't even fucking flirt!" He ranted on about how a article had called him names because apparently he doesn't dress to impress and how he isn't even that good at his job; with every word he uttered, the emotions in his voice got stronger.
Arielle took his large, rough hand into hers; looking directly into his emerald green eyes and whispered, "J, who the fuck even cares? What matters is that-" she pointed at his heart, "and what's in it! Not some bullshit on whether you can flirt or not! What matters is that, YOU know you're good, right? Who cares what those dumbass pricks think?"
Jesse's body immediately relaxed as he squeezed her hands, slowly untangling his fingers from hers to run his fingers through his hair- in Arielle's word, his smooth silky hair. "Yeah, you're right." he mumbled just loud enough for Arielle to hear.
"Yeah?" she questioned him. "Yeah! Who cares what people think!" he spoke, confidence running through his every word. "That's right!" Arielle yelled in enthusiasm; pointing her finger at his chest, "You are Jesse goddamn Lee Soffer!" Jesse stared at her, nodding his head in acknowledgement as every insecurity he had all day was removed with a single conversation with her.
He gazed into her eyes, feeling the urge to look into them forever. Her chocolate-brown eyes bore into his; her eyes practically shining. Her eyes held so much kindness and softness, he didn't know anyone could have. Just then, he could swear he felt her- her face getting closer to him but as soon as it happened, something flashed in her eyes and she moved away quickly.
A feeling of quick disappointment ran down his spine but he knew why. Dating your co-star isn't something that always works out. It either ends with you marrying each other or just ruining each other and from both of their experiences, it has been the latter one.
"You know, I'm still tired." Arielle had grumbled, a pout on her face. He nodded, telling her to wait for a few minutes as he cleaned the mess they had made, just to turn around to see Arielle sleeping peacefully on his bed. Jesse let out a short chuckle, running his hand through the stubble growing on his face.
"Okay, let's go to sleep." he whispered in a low voice, afraid that he might wake her up. He slowly brought up his blanket and slid into the bed beside her. His head like always nested into her neck as he inhaled her strawberry scented body wash. His arm slung around her waist; pulling her closer to him as Arielle hummed in response.
"Night, angel." he whispered into her ears, just before Arielle turned around; snuggling her body into his. Her hand subconsciously falling on Jesse's waist as he like always, placed his finger on top of her vein as he fell asleep. That night they again slept peacefully, in the comfort of each other.
Too close to be just friends.
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a/n : I wasn't going to post this chapter too but then I realised that I actually liked it so...... hi
